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Present Perfect and Simple Past Mini Test


total marks

1. Which sentence below has been written in the simple past? Tick one.
This is the oldest car in the street. 1 mark

The car’s engine dates back to 1970.

The mechanic changed the tyres.

The mechanic wants to change the seats.

2. Tick to show which sentence uses the present perfect. Tick one.
1 mark
She went to the shops.

She was going to the shops.

She has gone to the shops.

3. Rewrite the sentence below in the simple past. Remember to use full
punctuation. 1 mark
He has walked through the woods.

4. Underline the verb form that is the present perfect in the passage below.
1 mark
Annie enjoys climbing trees in her garden and has made a swing that dangles
from one of the branches, with the help of her mum. She was crossing her
fingers that there would be time to start making a real tree house, but the
weekend disappeared. Annie was so pleased to have an adult to tie the knots.

5. Write a sentence in the present perfect below.


1 mark

**END OF TEST** total for


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SPaG | Present Perfect and Simple Past


Present Perfect and Simple Past Mini Test Answers

1 Which sentence below has been written in the simple past? Tick one. 1 mark

This is the oldest car in the street.

The car’s engine dates back to 1970.

The mechanic changed the tyres.

The mechanic wants to change the seats.

2 Tick to show which sentence uses the present perfect. Tick one. 1 mark

She went to the shops.

She was going to the shops.

She has gone to the shops.

3 Rewrite the sentence below in the simple past. 1 mark

He has walked through the woods.

He walked through the woods.

4 Underline the verb form that is in the present perfect in the passage below. 1 mark

Annie enjoys climbing trees in her garden and has made a swing that dangles from one of the branches, with the help
of her mum. She was crossing her fingers that there would be time to start making a real tree house, but the weekend
disappeared. Annie was so pleased to have an adult to tie the knots.

5 Write a sentence in the present perfect below. 1 mark

Award 1 mark for any answer that includes I have, you have, he/she has, we have, they have and a past participle.
E.g. I have been... or She has thought...

SPaG | Present Perfect and Simple Past

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